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Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. Show more

The advantages of blight-resistant GM potatoes and warnings of a global food crisis. Plus Charlotte Smith hears the Farming Today cow, Bradley Cora 289, has been a star performer. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Amanda Vickery explores the Gentleman, an ideal of refinement and culture which has its roots in Renaissance Italy. Show more

When historians Correlli Barnett and Paul Johnson met in 1974, Britain's future looked uncertain. The two men agreed the country was sick but each offered a different diagnosis. Show more

What Olympic success will mean for women's sport, and why working women undervalue what they do. Celebrating, informing and entertaining women, presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Tense and moving drama inspired by real events. A 12-year-old girl's world turns upside down when she is told an unbelievable truth. Stars Natasha Watson. Show more

Yasmeen Khan explores the bling-filled world of the British Asian wedding, where tradition meets Bollywood dreams. From 2012. Show more

Pip and Harry travel to a mysterious evil island. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Richard Johnson. From December 2010. Show more

Who really wins from tourist attractions offering 'free' annual passes? Also, the neighbours secretly offered money by a developer to support plans for a new supermarket. Show more

James Naughtie on the longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, whose policies earned her the nickname 'The Iron Lady'. Show more

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Martha Kearney presents national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Lucy Ash travels to southern Germany, to the town of Schwabisch Hall which has been swamped with young job applicants from the crisis hit countries of southern Europe. Show more

Mike receives an unexpected delivery. Adam eats humble pie. Show more

Fast-paced drama by Scott Cherry and Gregory Evans which casts a 21st-century eye over the 1896 'Muswell Hill Murder', a crime that captured the appalled attention of the world. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Charlie Higson, Martin Kelner, Nat Luurtsema and Stephanie Merritt. From August 2012. Show more

Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates.

Comedian, journalist and GP, Dr Phil Hammond rummages through his favourite books to present an eclectic selection that ranges from Humpty Dumpty to Bernard Shaw. Show more

Ernie Rea is joined by Syrian businessman Ammar Waqqaf, historian Emma Loosely and lecturer in Islamic Studies Mustafa Baig to discuss the role of religion in turbulent Syria. Show more

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Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Miles Jupp, Pam Ayres and Charles Collingwood to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.

Pawel makes himself at home. Meanwhile Pip takes charge. Show more

Alice Cooper on School's Out, 40 years after topping the charts, Clive Owen on his new film Shadow Dancer, and Person of Interest, a new TV drama from JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan. Show more

Tense and moving drama inspired by real events. A 12-year-old girl's world turns upside down when she is told an unbelievable truth. Stars Natasha Watson. Show more

Tristram Hunt MP on social reformer Octavia Hill, co-founder of the National Trust, who finds new relevance as an exponent of big society and localism, 100 years after her death. Show more

Karachi has a population of 20 million, of whom an estimated half million are chronic heroin addicts. Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping them and their families. Show more

A look at phonics and neuroscience in learning to read, what mathematics might teach us about the historical basis of the oldest epic texts, and do animals really feel empathy? Show more

Amanda Vickery explores the Gentleman, an ideal of refinement and culture which has its roots in Renaissance Italy. Show more

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Criticism of Norwegian police following the Breivik massacre, Egyptians react to changes at the top of the military, and the world's first all-female city built in Saudi Arabia. Show more

A new ghost story from Helen Dunmore, set during and after the Second World War, about the power of the past to imprint itself on the present, and possess it. Read by Jasmine Hyde. Show more

Chris Ledgard visits Brussels, a melting pot of European languages. He discovers how staff at the European Commission provide interpreting on an industrial scale. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. The story of Isabella Robinson's sensational divorce case in the 1850s, thanks to her scheming husband. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more

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